Folding clothes-drier.



PATENTED FEB-5:19, 1907.

D. SHERLOCK.

FOLDING CLOTHES DRIER. APPLgQ'ATION I'ILEI] MAR. 28, 1905.

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FOLDING CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed March 28, 1905. Serial No. 252,482.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern} Be it known that I, DOMINIC SHERLOCK, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Drier, ofwhich the following is a specifica tron.

This invention relates generally to clothesdriers, and more particularlyto an improved construction of folding clothes-drier, the object beingto provide an exceedingly simple, cheap, and efficient device which canbe quickly and easily set up for the purpose of holding the-clothes tobe dried and as easily taken apart and folded when not desired for use.

The invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter fullydescribed, andv pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci- 'fication, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a clothes-drier constructed in accordance with myinvention and set up ready to receive the lines upon which the clothesare to be hung. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing in top plan a portion ofthe device. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section and partly inelevation, illustrating the manner of locking the legs of the racktogether, the section being taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. F 4 is a detailview showing in side elevation that portion of the device shown in topplan in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one end of theconnecting-pole with the block arranged thereon, and Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of the pole without the block.

In carrying out my invention I employ two supporting-legs A, which areadapted to cross each other, as shown, and are provided with a series ofhooks B upon their upper portion and to which the clothes-lines are tobe connected. Each leg has an eye C adjacent its lower end, which eye isconnected by means of a cord D to limit the movement of the said legsapart. I

E indicates a connecting-pole, which is intended to hold the cross-legsin their upright position at the properdistance apart. At each end thepole is undercut in both directions, producing a wedge-shaped end E,which is adapted to fit into the angle A, produced by the crossing ofthe legs A. Each l wedge-shaped end also has a block F arl i i i ltransversely from opposite sides, as shown at F, in order to receive thecross-legs A, and it will be noted that the said slots are arranged outof alinemcnt with each other in order to be in proper position toreceive the said legs, as it will be understood that the legs are of thesame thickness throughout their length, so that the connecting-pole canbe arranged at any desired height.

The slots F are of such width and so ar ranged that the legs A will iitsnugly therein and after the lines have been stretched across andlengthwise of the device all dan ger of the device collapsing or any ofthe parts becoming disengaged entirely avoided.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple, andeflicient form of 'foldable clothes-drier, as it will be readilyunderstood that when the device is not in use the parts can be quicklyand easily disengaged and packed away into a very small space. In use aclothes-line is run around the cross-legs, being supported by the hooksB, as shown in the drawings.

Ha ing thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes drier or rack comprising a connecting-pole having blocks ateach end, slotted transversely, supporting cross-legs adapted to iitinto the said transverse slots and provided with means at their upperends for receiving a clothes-line, the lower ends of the legs beingconnected to prevent displacement.

2. A folding clothes drier or rack compris ing a pole havingwedge-shaped ends and blocks arranged upon said ends, said blocks beingslotted transversely from the opposite sides, cross-legs adapted to fitinto the slots of the block, the wedge-shaped ends of the poles beingadapted to fit in the angle formed by the intersection of thecross-legs, hooks carried by the said cross-legs upon their upperportions, cords connecting the lower ends of the legs, and aclothes-line extending around.

the upper portion of the cross-legs and engaging the hooks, as setforth.

DOMINIC SHERLOCK.

Witnesses GEORGE ALoYoNEs SMITH, JAMES T. SMITH.

[ranged thereon, said block being slotted

